Richland County has no blanket overnight parking ban for cars on residential streets. The real limit is the state abandoned-vehicle rule: a vehicle left unattended on a highway for more than 48 hours (or 7 days on private property without consent) can be tagged and towed. Municipalities may set their
The unincorporated county's Sec. 17-10 restricts overnight storage of large commercial vehicles and non-operational vehicles, not routine overnight car parking. For ordinary vehicles, the operative overnight limit is South Carolina Code 56-5-5850: an officer may tag a vehicle left unattended on a highway, and the owner must remove it within 48 hours (highway) or 7 days (other public or private property) or it is treated as abandoned. Cities such as Columbia and Forest Acres set their own overnight and permit-parking rules within their limits.
A tagged vehicle not removed within 48 hours (highway) or 7 days (other property) may be towed and disposed of; Sec. 17-10 violations for commercial/junk vehicles carry a fine up to $500.
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